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1 Samuel 13:11-15

11And Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֖לshe.mu.'ElH8050saidוַיֹּ֥אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,What hast thou doneעָשִׂ֑יתָ'a.Si.taH6213?And Saulשָׁא֡וּלsha.'UlH7586saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Because I sawרָאִיתִי֩ra.'i.TiH7200that the peopleהָעָ֜םha.'AmH5971were scatteredנָפַ֨ץna.FatzH5310from me, and thatthou camestבָ֙אתָ֙va.taH935not within the daysהַיָּמִ֔יםhai.ya.MimH3117appointedלְמוֹעֵ֣דle.mo.'EdH4150, and thatthe Philistinesוּפְלִשְׁתִּ֖יםu.fe.lish.TimH6430gathered themselves togetherנֶאֱסָפִ֥יםne.'e.sa.FimH622at Michmashמִכְמָֽשׂ׃mikh.MasH4363;

12Therefore saidוָאֹמַ֗רva.'o.MarH559I, The Philistinesפְלִשְׁתִּ֤יםfe.lish.TimH6430will come downיֵרְד֨וּye.re.DuH3381now upon me to Gilgalהַגִּלְגָּ֔לha.gil.GalH1537,and I have not made supplicationחִלִּ֑יתִיchi.Li.tiH2470untoוּפְנֵ֥יu.fe.NeiH6440Yhwhיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068:I forcedוָֽאֶתְאַפַּ֔קva.'et.'a.PakH662myself therefore, and offeredוָאַעֲלֶ֖הva.'a.'a.LehH5927a burnt offeringהָעֹלָֽה׃ סha.'o.LahH5930.

13And Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֛לshe.mu.'ElH8050saidוַיֹּ֧אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to Saulשָׁא֖וּלsha.'UlH7586,Thou hast done foolishlyנִסְכָּ֑לְתָּnis.Kal.taH5528:thou hast not keptשָׁמַ֗רְתָּsha.Mar.taH8104the commandmentמִצְוַ֞תmitz.VatH4687of Yhwhיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙'e.lo.Hei.khaH430,which he commandedצִוָּ֔ךְtzi.VakhH6680thee: for now would Yhwhיְהוָ֧הYah.wehH3068have establishedהֵכִ֨יןhe.KhinH3559thy kingdomמַֽמְלַכְתְּךָ֛mam.lakh.te.KhaH4467upon Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478forעַד־'ad-H5704everעוֹלָֽם׃o.LamH5769.

14But now thy kingdomמַמְלַכְתְּךָ֣mam.lakh.te.KhaH4467shall not continueתָק֑וּםta.KumH6965:Yhwhיְהוָ֨הYah.wehH3068hath soughtבִּקֵּשׁ֩bi.KeshH1245him a manאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376after his own heartכִּלְבָב֗וֹkil.va.VoH3824,And Yhwhיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068hath commandedוַיְצַוֵּ֨הוּvay.tza.Ve.huH6680him to becaptainלְנָגִיד֙le.na.GidH5057over his peopleעַמּ֔וֹa.MoH5971,because thou hast not keptשָׁמַ֔רְתָּsha.Mar.taH8104thatwhich Yhwhיְהוָֽה׃ פYah.wehH3068commandedצִוְּךָ֖tzi.ve.KhaH6680thee.

15And Samuelשְׁמוּאֵ֗לshe.mu.'ElH8050aroseוַיָּ֣קָםvai.Ya.komH6965,and gat him upH5927from GilgalH1537unto Gibeahגִּבְעַ֣תgiv.'AtH1390of Benjaminבִּנְיָמִ֑ןbin.ya.MinH1144.And SaulH7586numberedוַיִּפְקֹ֣דvai.yif.KodH6485the peopleH5971that werepresentהַנִּמְצְאִ֣יםha.nim.tze.'ImH4672with him, about sixכְּשֵׁ֥שׁke.SheshH8337hundredמֵא֖וֹתme.'otH3967menאִֽישׁ׃'IshH376.

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